Satellites

Mexico Tropical Weather

Newest constellation of weather satellites gets flight plan

Space Hour host Eric White spoke to Dylan Powell, Lead Strategist for Weather and Earth Science at Lockheed Martin.

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This company is helping government satellite operators improve awareness of threats in low-earth orbit

Technology

A communications satellite

Space ground tracking program to reach key milestone

Space Operations

Space Force ‘days away’ from releasing its commercial strategy

Defense

This Satellite image provided by NASA on Sept. 26, 2022, shows Hurricane Ian pictured from the International Space Station just south of Cuba gaining strength and heading toward Florida. Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified off Florida's southwest coast Wednesday, Sept. 28, gaining top winds of 155 mph (250 kph), just shy of the most dangerous Category 5 status. (NASA via AP)

Is it time to categorize space assets as critical infrastructure?

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(Photo by: Staff Sgt. James Richardson Jr.)

Space Force embraces middle tier acquisition for satellites

Acquisition

Satellites need cybersecurity measures too

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DoD awards nearly $2B to build first satellite-based ‘backbone’ of JADC2

Space Operations

FILE - In this April 23, 2021, file photo, The Facebook app is shown on a smart phone in Surfside, Fla. Australia plans to crack down on online advertisers targeting children by making social media platforms seek parental consent for users younger than 16 years old to join or face fines of 10 million Australian dollars ($7.5 million) under a draft law released Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Postal Service leadership reminds employees to follow online rules

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US satellite company with an eye on expansion

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks as FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Senator looking into potential pay abuse at ATF

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A Hair Salon worker photographs the light display of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launch, Friday, Dec. 22 2017, in Apple Valley, Calif. The launch was more than 200 miles from Apple Valley yet was still brilliantly visible. The Falcon 9 booster lifted off from coastal Vandenberg Air Force Base, carrying the latest batch of satellites for Iridium Communications. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)

Instead of letting satellites go down, why not fix them?

New technology though could soon make it easier to repair satellites without having to decommission, or sometimes even sending a human repairman.

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